Chapter 9Lucky had been living with Stella long enough to know when she was gearing up for a fight. Now she stared at him with her arms crossed over her lovely breasts and her eyes were flashing. He was torn between apologizing and ignoring her.
“What? He wanted to leave anyway.”
“He was overwhelmed. There’s a difference. And you made it worse with your crack about the front desk.”
“It wasn’t a crack. We’re not staying here.”
“If not here, where then? Shane isn’t going to welcome us with open arms now.”
“He doesn’t need to. I’m not staying here. The Rio. Vegas. Nevada. Hell, we don’t even need to stay in North America.”
“Need? Maybe not, but I sure don’t want to go anywhere else right now. Not while things are such a mess with Shane.” Stella strode right up to him and jabbed him in t
